You don't need to be a teacher to recognize that important student learning takes place outside of the classroom. Service learning is an intentional instructional strategy used by schools across the ...

Service learning is an educational program that integrates community service with classroom instruction to enhance learning, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities. For the chemical ...

For Dr. Janna Martin's human relations students at the University of Oklahoma, some of the most meaningful lessons happen outside the classroom. Martin, affectionately known as "Dr. J," has taught ...

The names of the students mentioned have been changed for this story. In 2020, California’s State Board of Education adopted criteria and guidance to award a State Seal of Civic Engagement to students ...

The two primary aims of service-learning should be to offer an intellectually rich educational experience for students and to address a significant community need. The service-learning project should ...

Beavercreek City Schools is launching a new service-learning project benefiting the Xenia-based organization 4 Paws for Ability.

Laura Bittner and Barbara Young, both professors in Purdue University’s Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance, have been instrumental in integrating service-learning and ...

Suggested Citation: "4 Characterizing Current Service-Learning." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Service-Learning in Undergraduate Geosciences: Proceedings of a ...

The UAB Office of Service Learning and Undergraduate Research connects students, faculty, and community nonprofit partners to enrich student academic learning, promote civic engagement, and to ...

Through the PWR’s Writing Initiative for Service and Engagement (WISE), founded in 2008, the program has integrated community-engaged writing throughout its lower- and upper-division courses. Students ...

A partnership between Washington State University’s Center for Civic Engagement and the LAUNCH Program is bringing service-learning into the classroom, with positive impacts on student success. During ...

The final workshop session was an opportunity for reflection on the future of geoscience service-learning and the primary messages from the presentations and discussions. Committee chair Cathy Manduca ...